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I hope today that they can be found in the words of john f. kennedy who said civility can guide us through that darkness to a safer and sane future. >> let's go live to cnn's ryan nobles in at all that's. ryan, after all the drama, rick scott never lost his lead even though it was always razor thin. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. if you remember what election night was like here in florida, ana. rick scott felt he was able to declare victory, the margin was more than 50,000 votes by each passing day that margin shrunk and shrunk until the initial count was in and hovered around 12,000 votes ...

Was intended to be and that these races that are so hotly contested should not get personal. this comes during nelson's concession statement which he gave earlier today. take a listen to what senator nelson had to say is what could be his last important political statement. >> we have to move beyond a politics that aims not just to defeat, but to destroy. where truth is treated as disposable, where falsehoods abound, and that the free press is assaulted as the enemy of the people. there's been a gathering darkness in our politics in recent years. my hope today can be found in the words of john...

Defeat, but to destroy, where truth is treated as disposable. and free press assaults the enemy of the people. there's been a gathering darkness in our politics in recent years, my hope today can be found in the words of john f. kennedy who said, civility can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future. >> governor scott, now senator elect released a statement saying we must do whatever americans have always done. come together for the good of our state and our country. my focus will not be on looking backward, but on doing exactly what i ran on, making washington work. i know cha...

There's been a gathering darkness in our politics in recent years. my hope today can be found in the words of john f. kennedy, who said, civility can guide us through that darkness to a safe and sane future. >> cnn's ryan nobles joins us now from tallahassee. ryan, after all of the drama, rick scott really never lost his lead, even though it was always razor thin. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, ana. of course, on election night that, lead was more than 50,000 votes. we slowly started to see it chip away between election night and when those first returns were due the saturday after the elect...

Inevitable at times the effort will fall short but we have to try. we have to move beyond a politics that aims not just to defeat but to destroy where truth is treated as disposable, where falsehoods abound and that the free press is assaulted as the enemy of the people. there's been a gathering darkness in our politics in recent years, my hope today can be found in the words of john f kennedy who said civility can guide us through that darkness to safe and sane future. thank you all, god bless you and god bless our country. arthel: and john busse, i believe you're on the phone,